Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (51-4033/31080) | BLS 2025
SOC 51-4033 · BLS area 31080
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic wages in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The published median was $45,440 per year in May 2025. BLS estimated 3,920 jobs for this role and place. These are wage and salary jobs.
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic wages in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. May 2025 OEWS estimates, published 2026-05-15. WageScope by MeritLog. https://www.mymeritlog.com/wagescope/occupations/grinding-lapping-polishing-and-buffing-machine-tool-setters-operators-and-tenders-metal-and-plastic/los-angeles-long-beach-anaheim-ca. Source: https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm
BEA gives Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA an overall price index of 113.6 for 2024. That is 13.6% above the U.S. level. The housing index is 170.4.
National-price-dollar proxy
$40,012
We divide the Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median by the BEA overall price index divided by 100. This gives a rough view of pay after local prices. It does not give your take-home pay, budget, or a score for quality of life.
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source pay figures, job scale, price level, and survey limits as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 51-4033 and BLS area 31080.
Questions, answered
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA: common questions
What is the median wage for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
BLS gives a median of $45,440 per year for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA for May 2025. This is a survey estimate for the job and place. It does not predict your pay or promise an offer.
Is Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic pay higher in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA than nationally?
The median in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA was 2.4% below the U.S. median. Both use the same job and source date.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
No. The BLS pay figure does not account for local prices. BEA gives an overall price index of 113.6 for 2024. We use that in a separate view of pay after local prices. The U.S. price level is 100.
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$48,170/year
67,000
1.5%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA was 2.4% below the U.S. median for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. It ranked 99 of 184 metro areas. We rank only areas with a published annual median. These pay gaps leave out prices, benefits, and skills. They also leave out the mix of firms and work hours.
What the Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median says in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA at $45,440 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 51-4033 and BLS area 31080.
BLS lists 3,920 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $48,320 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA's Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is 2.4% below the U.S. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $46,550 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.
Exact source record
Read source key 51-4033 with area 31080
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 51-4033 and area 31080. SOC 51-4033 names Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Area 31080 names Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 51-4033/31080 row has 3,920 wage and salary jobs. There are 0.63 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.45. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.
For 51-4033/31080, the annual median is $45,440 per year, while the matching mean is $48,320 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
51-4033/31080 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.
Place source check
BLS area 31080 facts behind this Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic page
Area 31080 reports 6,271,560 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $77,270. Its annual median is $55,850. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 51-4033 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA runs from $35,870 at the 10th percentile to $141,370 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $39,320. The median is $55,850. The 75th percentile is $93,740. This is a place check, not a pay range for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 31080. They do not show related skills or a path into Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 31080. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 385,530. Yearly median: $34,320. Jobs per 1,000: 61.47. Location quotient: 2.22.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 31080. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 160,270. Yearly median: $42,110. Jobs per 1,000: 25.55. Location quotient: 1.03.
Pay range
Read the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA wage ladder for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The 10th percentile is $35,790 per year. The 25th percentile is $38,760 per year. The median is $45,440 per year. The 75th percentile is $55,130 per year. The 90th percentile is $63,170 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $38,760 per year to $55,130 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $27,380. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Same-source checks
Compare Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA with its state and the U.S.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has a annual median of $45,440 per year. California has $45,890 per year. The U.S. row has $46,550 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 1.0% below California on the same published median. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 2.4% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Like-for-like rank
Where Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA sits for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 99 of 184 among metro areas with a published annual median for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 99 of 184 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
96. Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI. The Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $45,560 per year. BLS estimates 70 jobs. The location quotient is 2.2.
97. Bakersfield-Delano, CA. The Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $45,500 per year. BLS estimates 40 jobs. The location quotient is 0.26.
Pay leaders
Where Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 51-4033, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Canton-Massillon, OH has the highest published median in this set, at $67,210 per year. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA sits at $45,440 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. Canton-Massillon, OH has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $67,210 per year, or $21,770 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 350 jobs there, compared with 3,920 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The location quotient is 4.98.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has the largest published metro job estimate for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in this same-source set, at 3,920 jobs. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 3,920. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 3,920 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 0 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $45,440 per year, or $0 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its location quotient is 1.45.
Local-share leaders
Where Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic takes the largest share of local jobs
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 16.96. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 1.45. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI has a location quotient of 16.96, a gap of 15.51 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 460 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $59,750 per year, or $14,310 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
2. Michigan City-La Porte, IN has a location quotient of 9.53, a gap of 8.08 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 170 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $39,050 per year, or $6,390 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Job scale and share
How common Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
BLS lists 3,920 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It also lists 0.63 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.45. A value of 1 means Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Local job mix
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic beside other roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The all-occupations median in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $55,850 per year. The Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $45,440 per year. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic is 18.6% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, SOC 25-9045, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $46,240 per year. BLS lists 53,010 jobs and a location quotient of 0.93.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA table, at 385,530 jobs. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 3,920 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 6,271,560. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 385,530 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 381,610 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $34,320 per year, or $11,120 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 2.22.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA role table, at $160,920 per year. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has $45,440 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $55,850 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Software Developers has a median of $160,920 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $115,480 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 55,540 jobs, compared with 3,920 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.82.
2. Registered Nurses has a median of $135,560 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $90,120 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 109,360 jobs, compared with 3,920 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.8.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Home Health and Personal Care Aides has the highest location quotient in the bounded Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA role table, at 2.22. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic has 1.45. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has a location quotient of 2.22 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.77 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 385,530 jobs and a median of $34,320 per year, or $11,120 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Price-level view
What $45,440 may mean after the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.6. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 13.6% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $45,440 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median by 113.6 divided by 100. The result is $40,012 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 170.4. Goods are 106.6. Utilities are 158.6. Other services are 104.4. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
Data care
How much care to use with the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA row
The employment RSE for this Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic row is 7.3%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.8%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 3,920 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $48,320 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
Job and résumé path
Use Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. It uses a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $45,440 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
Limits
What the Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic row for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 3,920 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.45 is not a growth score. Rank 99 of 184 is not a place score. The 113.6 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 51-4033 in BLS area 31080. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
How many Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs does BLS estimate in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
BLS estimates 3,920 wage and salary jobs for this row. This is a survey estimate. It does not count open jobs or predict future hiring.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. We show job posts in a separate list. Each has its own source and check date. Posted pay does not change the BLS pay data.
Current jobs
Jobs with a matching title for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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3. Retail Salespersons. Area: 31080. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 130,650. Yearly median: $37,700. Jobs per 1,000: 20.83. Location quotient: 0.83.
4. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 31080. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 120,720. Yearly median: $42,390. Jobs per 1,000: 19.25. Location quotient: 1.01.
5. Office Clerks, General. Area: 31080. SOC: 43-9061. Jobs: 112,270. Yearly median: $48,100. Jobs per 1,000: 17.9. Location quotient: 1.13.
6. Cashiers. Area: 31080. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 109,940. Yearly median: $36,980. Jobs per 1,000: 17.53. Location quotient: 0.88.
98. Cleveland, OH. The Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $45,440 per year. BLS estimates 1,620 jobs. The location quotient is 3.65.
100. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. The Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $45,430 per year. BLS estimates 80 jobs. The location quotient is 0.83.
101. Erie, PA. The Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $45,390 per year. BLS estimates 320 jobs. The location quotient is 6.24.
102. Toledo, OH. The Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median is $45,350 per year. BLS estimates 230 jobs. The location quotient is 1.86.
2. Bend, OR has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $60,180 per year, or $14,740 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 40 jobs there, compared with 3,920 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The location quotient is 0.94.
3. Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $59,750 per year, or $14,310 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 460 jobs there, compared with 3,920 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The location quotient is 16.96.
4. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $58,680 per year, or $13,240 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 930 jobs there, compared with 3,920 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The location quotient is 1.78.
5. Utica-Rome, NY has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $57,420 per year, or $11,980 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 130 jobs there, compared with 3,920 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The location quotient is 2.61.
6. St. Cloud, MN has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $57,110 per year, or $11,670 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 50 jobs there, compared with 3,920 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The location quotient is 1.09.
7. Sandusky, OH has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $56,670 per year, or $11,230 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 120 jobs there, compared with 3,920 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The location quotient is 5.38.
8. Rochester, MN has a Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic median of $55,990 per year, or $10,550 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 30 jobs there, compared with 3,920 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The location quotient is 0.65.
2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 3,110 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 810 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $46,420 per year, or $980 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its location quotient is 1.6.
3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has 1,630 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 2,290 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $51,070 per year, or $5,630 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its location quotient is 1.4.
4. Cleveland, OH has 1,620 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 2,300 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $45,440 per year, or $0 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its location quotient is 3.65.
5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 1,290 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 2,630 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $43,280 per year, or $2,160 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its location quotient is 0.91.
6. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has 1,210 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 2,710 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $46,360 per year, or $920 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its location quotient is 1.47.
7. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 1,180 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 2,740 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $48,690 per year, or $3,250 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its location quotient is 0.29.
8. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI has 1,080 estimated Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs, a gap of 2,840 jobs from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its median is $47,750 per year, or $2,310 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Its location quotient is 3.05.
3. Albany, OR has a location quotient of 8.83, a gap of 7.38 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 180 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $50,840 per year, or $5,400 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
4. Jackson, MI has a location quotient of 8.13, a gap of 6.68 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 200 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $46,730 per year, or $1,290 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
5. Sheboygan, WI has a location quotient of 7.65, a gap of 6.20 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 200 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $52,310 per year, or $6,870 above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
6. Erie, PA has a location quotient of 6.24, a gap of 4.79 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 320 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $45,390 per year, or $50 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
7. Columbus, IN has a location quotient of 5.73, a gap of 4.28 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 120 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $43,240 per year, or $2,200 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
8. Anniston-Oxford, AL has a location quotient of 5.69, a gap of 4.24 from Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. BLS lists 110 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic jobs and a median of $39,080 per year, or $6,360 below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
2. Cooks, Restaurant, SOC 35-2014, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $44,460 per year. BLS lists 54,320 jobs and a location quotient of 0.96.
3. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $46,970 per year. BLS lists 41,640 jobs and a location quotient of 0.84.
4. Nursing Assistants, SOC 31-1131, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $47,380 per year. BLS lists 43,090 jobs and a location quotient of 0.74.
5. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $48,100 per year. BLS lists 112,270 jobs and a location quotient of 1.13.
6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $42,390 per year. BLS lists 120,720 jobs and a location quotient of 1.01.
7. Fast Food and Counter Workers, SOC 35-3023, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $42,110 per year. BLS lists 160,270 jobs and a location quotient of 1.03.
8. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median of $48,840 per year. BLS lists 66,590 jobs and a location quotient of 0.64.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 160,270 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 156,350 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $42,110 per year, or $3,330 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.03.
3. Retail Salespersons has 130,650 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 126,730 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $37,700 per year, or $7,740 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.83.
4. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 120,720 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 116,800 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $42,390 per year, or $3,050 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.01.
5. Office Clerks, General has 112,270 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 108,350 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $48,100 per year, or $2,660 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.13.
6. Cashiers has 109,940 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 106,020 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $36,980 per year, or $8,460 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.88.
7. Registered Nurses has 109,360 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 105,440 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $135,560 per year, or $90,120 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.8.
8. General and Operations Managers has 104,610 jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 100,690 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its median is $125,830 per year, or $80,390 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.74.
3. General and Operations Managers has a median of $125,830 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $80,390 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 104,610 jobs, compared with 3,920 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.74.
4. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $101,860 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $56,420 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 44,790 jobs, compared with 3,920 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.8.
5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $94,360 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $48,920 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 70,640 jobs, compared with 3,920 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.21.
6. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $82,750 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $37,310 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 50,470 jobs, compared with 3,920 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.15.
7. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a median of $79,450 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $34,010 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 50,470 jobs, compared with 3,920 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 1.
8. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $77,530 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, or $32,090 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 54,340 jobs, compared with 3,920 for Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. Its location quotient is 0.94.
2. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 1.87 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.42 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 48,440 jobs and a median of $38,000 per year, or $7,440 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
3. Security Guards has a location quotient of 1.61 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.16 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 83,280 jobs and a median of $40,030 per year, or $5,410 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
4. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.25 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.20 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 44,930 jobs and a median of $39,770 per year, or $5,670 below Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
5. Accountants and Auditors has a location quotient of 1.21 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.24 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 70,640 jobs and a median of $94,360 per year, or $48,920 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
6. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a location quotient of 1.15 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.30 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 50,470 jobs and a median of $82,750 per year, or $37,310 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
7. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.13 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.32 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 112,270 jobs and a median of $48,100 per year, or $2,660 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
8. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a location quotient of 1.1 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, a gap of 0.35 from Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. BLS lists 54,950 jobs and a median of $74,490 per year, or $29,050 above Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
